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| fall apart -
lose one's emotional or mental composure; "She fell apart when her only child died"
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go to pieces |
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lose it,
break down,
snap collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
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| fall apart -
become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"
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break,
separate,
split up,
come apart |
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change integrity change in physical make-up
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decompose,
break down,
break up separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
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break open,
split,
burst open with force; "He broke open the picnic basket"
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puncture be pierced or punctured; "The tire punctured"
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bust,
burst come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; "The bubble burst"
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smash break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow; "The window smashed"
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ladder,
run come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were running"
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break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"
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crack,
snap break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked"
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fragment,
fragmentise,
fragmentize,
break up laugh unrestrainedly
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crush break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"
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| fall apart -
go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"
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break,
wear,
wear out,
bust |
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dilapidate,
crumble,
decay bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse
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wear off,
wear away diminish, as by friction; "Erosion wore away the surface"
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whittle away,
whittle down,
wear away cut away in small pieces
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chip off,
come off,
break away,
break off,
chip break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"
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break apart,
crash,
break up stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week"
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fray,
frazzle wear away by rubbing; "The friction frayed the sleeve"
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bust,
break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"
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| fall apart -
break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling"
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crumble |
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disintegrate break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died"
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